FDA clears Apple’s sleep apnea detection feature for use. Here’s how it works

CNBC September 16, 2024
Ashley Capoot

Key Points

– The FDA has approved Apple’s sleep apnea detection feature.

– Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that causes a person’s breathing to repeatedly stop and start throughout the night.

– The feature is designed for the Apple Watch, and it works by analyzing a new metric that the company calls “breathing disturbances.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday cleared Apple‘s new sleep apnea detection feature for use, which means it will come to the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2 later this month.

Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that causes a person’s breathing to repeatedly stop and start throughout the night. The condition affects more than 30 million people in...

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